A massive landslide at the Dar-es-Salam landfill in Conakry, Guinea, has left over fifty victims dead, buried, or missing. In response, authorities have begun evicting residents from unauthorized housing surrounding the dangerous site.
Key points
- The landslide occurred in the night between August 22 and 23, 2026, following a previous fatal collapse at the same dump in August 2017.
- The Dar-es-Salam landfill was originally opened in the 1980s as a temporary 20-year solution for a smaller population, but it has operated for four decades.
- The Directorate-General for Spatial Planning and Urbanism (DATU) initiated the demolition of informal housing in the Radar zone surrounding the waste site.
- Provisional death tolls from the recent disaster reached 31, with search and rescue operations ongoing.
Why it matters
This disaster highlights the critical failures in urban planning, waste management, and public safety in rapidly expanding capitals, turning long-overdue municipal issues into fatal humanitarian crises.
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